Rhea Dillons sculptural work shows how she interweaves and roots her work in her Caribbean and British identity. In her piece Leaning Figures, a group of wall-mounted sculptures, she grapples with ethnographic forms of presentation and the question of the origin of Sapele-Mahagony of the African continent and its use in building ships for slavery. How deep the colonial scars run and how difficult it is to detach from them is evident in the sticky molasses to which the seemingly precious crystal plates are stuck to.

In addition to the cash prize, Baloise acquires a group of works by the award winners and donates them to two important European museums. The works of Rhea Dillon were presented to the collection of the MMK, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt.

Gallery: Soft Opening, London, UK 

This year’s jury includes: Karola Kraus, General Director MUMOK Vienna, Chair of the Jury; Bettina Steinbrügge, Director MUDAM, Luxembourg; Susanne Pfeffer, Director MMK, Frankfurt; Susanne Titz, Director Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach and Uli Sigg, Swiss Collector and patron of the arts.

• MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
• Gallery: Soft Opening, London, UK

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